Giuseppe Leo (born in 1966) received his MS summa cum laude in EE at La Sapienza University (Rome, 1990) and his PhD in Physics at Paris-Sud University (2001). Since 1992, he was assistant professor at Roma-Tre University, where he became associate professor in 2002. Since 2004 he has been full professor at Paris Diderot University. G. Leo’s research is in optoelectronics and nonlinear optics, with a focus on AlGaAs nonlinear nanophotonics. Since 2005, he has directed 5 post-docs and 10 PhD students. Previously, he had supervised 12 Laurea theses in Italy. He has published about 100 articles on peer-reviewed journals (h-25 sur Google-Scholar) and 10 book chapters, he has registered 4 patents, he has given over 220 conferences, of which more than 60 invited, and has edited 1 book.
Head of the DON group of the MPQ Laboratory, in 2006 he has founded and directed 2 Professional Schools at Paris Diderot (“Materials analysis” and “Biophotonics”). Since 2008 he has led the foundation of the Denis Diderot School of Engineering, of which he has been the director ever since. Over the last years, he has coordinated the EU project TREASURE, the structuring project DOLPHIN of the SEAM Labex and 2 bilateral programs, paricipating also in 3 EU RTD projects and 1 EU RTN network. He is presently the coordinator of the ANR DOPO project, the PANAMA project of the SEAM Labex, and he is partner of the Nanophi and the Multiply Co-funf programs of the EU.